Tile lever



Oct. 7. 1924. 1,510,773..

' T. M. FARNSWORTH I-TILE LEVER Fi led Feb. 26., 1924 fication.

Patented Oct. 7, 1924,

UNITED s'm'r THOMAS M. rAnNswoa'rH; or NEWARK'NEW- YORK.

ES PATENT 0F FICE;

TILELEVERV i f Application filed February 26,1924. Serial No. 695,241. rj

To all whom it may canoe-mi Be it'known that I, THOMAS M. FARNs- WORTH,a citizen of the United: States, residing at Newark, in'the county ofWayne and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tile Levers, of which the following is a speci- Thisinvention relates to tile levers of a character adapted for insertionthrough a tile for main assembling a loose tile in interfitting relationwith a laid tile.

, An object of theinvention is-to provide a simple structure of tilelever, equipped with a foot on the end of the lever adapted to form afulcrum therefor, and having an adjustable tile engaging head mountedintermediate the ends of the lever, for engaging the inner upper portionof a tile, to be placed in position, so that the tile engaging head maybe adjusted for use in connection with dilferent sizes of tile, thelever being operated manually to position the loose tile in interfittingrelation with the laid tile so that it may be pushed into position, andsubsequently secured in place.

The invention also comprehends other objects and improvements in thedetails of construction, and arrangement of the parts, which is moreparticularly pointed out in the following description and claim,directed to a preferred form of the invention, it being understood,however, that variations may be made, in the specific construction andassemblage of the parts, without departing from the scope of thefollowing description and claim.

In the drawings, forming a part of this application Figure 1 is avertical sectional view through a trench, showing the manner ofpositioning a loose tile in place, so that it may be easily interfittedinto a laid tile, in the construction of a pipe line.

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view, of the tile lever.

1 indicates the bottom of a trench, in which it is desired to lay! apipe line composed of a plurality of tiles indicated generally at 2, andofusual construction, having an enlarged head 3 adapted to receive theopposite end for interfitting relation of another similarly formed tile,in a manner well known in the art. A laid tile, is indicated at 4, whichis arranged at the end of the parts of a construction pipe line,

and properly laid in line therewith and supported by portions of thetrench and levelling blocks indicated at 5, the tile being thuspermanently positioned in its place in the pipeline. In placing a newtile or loose tile, for cementing in the pipe line," it is necessary tointerfit the end ofthe new tile free end with a fulcrum foot 8, which iscurved on the bottom surface to provide a proper contour to seat in thecurved lower portion of cylindrical tile. Y

At the juncture of the inclined portion 7, with the main body of thelever 6, aninclined opening is formed in the lever as indicated at 9,which receives and adjustably mounts a tile engaging head indicatedgenerally at 10, said head including a shank portion 11 having a reducedextension 12 extending through the opening 9 for positioning the head inslidable relation with the lever. The upper free end of the shank 11receives a tile engaging member 13, having the upper surface thereofrounded as indicated at 15, co-engaging the inner upper surface of atile. A pair of bracket members 14 of a substantially triangular form, Ihave the base portion 15 secured to opposite sides of the lever 6, andproject upwardly on each side of the shank portion 11 of the tileengaging head 10, the upper ends of said bracket members being formedwith aligned openings 16 adapted to receive a pin passin throughtransverse openings in the shanl z portion 11 of the headlO, forsecuring said head. in an adjusted position relative to the lever 6. Thebase portions 15 are also formed with aligned openings, together withthe lever 6 for receiving the pin 17 adapted to extend through openingsin the projections 12 of the head also adapted to'secure the head inadjusted position. i

From this description, it will be seen that the head 10 is primarilyconstructed in the lever 6 for use with a desired size of tile, afterwhich the lever is inserted through the tile in the mannershown inFigure 1 of the drawing, so that the fulcrum foot 8 may be positioned inthe laid tile 4, and the lever raised manually, by grasping the same atthe opposite end for lifting the end of the loose tile into a positionshown in Figure 1, so that it may be readily pushed into interfittingrelation with respect to the laid tile, the lever either sliding in thelaid .tile or the loose tile being pushed into the laid tile on the tileengaging member 13. It is then necessary to put blocks or othersupporting pieces under the free end of the tile for supporting the samein proper alignment with the laid tile and the pipe section, after whichthe binder or cement is inserted between the ends of the loose tile andthe flange 3, for properly setting the :tile in the pipe line. The levermay then be removed. and used in connection with placing of .an otherloose tile, in the manner above described, in the end of the tile justlaid.

It will therefore be clear from the above description, that a simple andconvenient form of tile lever has been constructed, having a loose tileengaging head, which is adjnsta'bly mounted in the lever, so that it maybe adjusted for use in connection with different sizes of tile, it beingunderstood that while a cylindrical form of tile is shown, it may aswell be used with square or other cross sectional shaped tile used informing pipe lines. o

What is claimed is:

A tile lever comprising, an elongated lever bar having one end portioninclined relative to the major axis o'f-the bar, a fulcrum ioot mountedon the end of the inclined portion of said lever :bar, a tile engaginghead adj-usta bly mounted at the juncture of the inclined portion, withthe main body of the lever bar and extending laterally therefrom,

and bracing members carried by the lever bar for said tile engaging headadapted to receive means for locking said head in an ad usted positionrelative to sald lever bar.

In testlmony whereof I affix my signature.

, THOll IAS M. FARNSWORTH.

